Chapter 38 Eating one's daughter's flesh and blood—how vicious and cruel!
Having been scolded again, Li Chaojing's face was even uglier than the sole of the shoe.
"Mother, you're too harsh. How could Chuan'er..."
Li Qing sat to the side, and upon hearing this, she sneered inwardly.
Won't?
Li Kechuan wanted to kill her every time.
In her previous life, Li Qingluo really did die at the hands of Li Kechuan, just as her grandmother had said.
Madam Pei was too lazy to care about Li Chaojing's feelings.
She continued her tirade, "Those two, mother and son, conspired to harm Luo'er, claiming they needed to extract her blood and flesh for medicine to cure her eye ailment. If Luo'er hadn't been accidentally poisoned that day, would you, Madam Qu, really be drinking your daughter's blood and eating her flesh right now?"
Have you ever fed her a single meal? Have you ever held her, or even touched her face?
"You still have the nerve to want her flesh and blood? You're shameless!"
"What, you can't bear to use your son's flesh and blood now that it's needed?"
"Hmph! Don't say I'm wronging you. I had someone look for the dregs of the medicine that the Qu family drank for their eye ailment, and I also sent someone to Dr. Jiang's pharmacy to get a prescription. They only used common medicines, nothing rare or precious, yet they cured your eyes?"
Li Chaojing understood exactly what Madam Pei meant.
He stared at his wife and son, clearly only now realizing what they had done.
"You! All of you! If you don't want to see her, then don't let her come near you. Why do you have to do all this?"
This has caused him to be implicated and suffer his own mother's unwarranted anger.
His mother had a fiery temper; after she was completely disappointed in her own son, she stayed away for thirty years.
This clearly shows that they are not to be trifled with!
After glaring angrily at the guilty Qu Shi and the indifferent Li Kechuan, Li Chaojing went to look at Li Qingluo.
Madam Pei immediately protected Li Qingluo and glared back at Li Chaojing.
"Why are you looking at her? Luo'er has never told me a single word about these things."
"You, her own father, ignore her and don't even ask about her. Don't you know that she's been missing for the past few days, and even almost lost her life?"
Li Chaojing was astonished: "How could this be? What do you mean, Mother? Has Luo'er not been in the manor lately? Does Mother mean that Luo'er has disappeared?"
"Chuan'er, what exactly is going on?!"
Li Chaojing's face finally showed a hint of anger.
Only then did he realize that so much had happened in the mansion, things that he, as the head of the family, was completely unaware of.
Before Li Kechuan could answer, Madam Pei said, "Ask him, what truth can he possibly tell? He did all of this, so his words are naturally unreliable."
"Luo'er, tell me."
Madam Pei patted Li Qingluo's hand, giving her plenty of confidence.
Li Qingluo nodded, "Yes, Grandmother."
Since her grandmother was so angry on her behalf, Li Qingluo certainly wouldn't be ungrateful and pretend to cover something up.
Moreover, the time has come, and this time she has no need to hold back any longer.
She lowered her head and began to recount: "That day, Qingyi in my mother's room said that my mother wanted to see me, so I took Que'er with me. But I didn't expect that the eldest young master would be lying in ambush in the room, knock me unconscious, and then take me to Li Qingzhu's grave."
"The eldest son said that I have to burn paper money and kowtow in front of Li Qingzhu's grave to admit my mistakes, and I have to kowtow a hundred times. Otherwise, he won't give me food or water, and he'll make me a dog in front of Li Qingzhu's grave."
"Not only that, the eldest son also ordered someone to sever my tendons in my hands and feet, and break my legs."
“The last time, the eldest young master almost strangled me to death, which is why I carried a dagger for self-defense. I never expected that this time, I would use it on my own brother…”
"In order to survive, I had to take the opportunity to escape, and was chased by the servants and fell into the river."
"I followed the river back to the city and barely survived, but I still had to continue to evade the servants sent by the eldest son. They were shouting that they wanted to capture the runaway slaves, so how could I dare to go out?"
“I don’t even dare to go home. I don’t know if the eldest young master has sent people to capture me and take me to Sister Zhu’er’s grave to continue breaking my legs.”
"After hiding for several days with nowhere to go, I finally encountered Granny Deng and the others..."
Li Qingluo raised her head and looked at Li Kechuan with a deep gaze.
“I know that because of my return, Sister Zhu’er couldn’t think straight and committed suicide by self-immolation. Mother, the eldest son, and Father all harbor resentment towards me, feeling that it was all my fault.”
"But am I truly so sinful?"
"If you don't want to see me, I can leave, and I will never tell anyone that I'm from the Li family. Just please don't send me back to the Liu family!"
"They don't want me, and you don't want me either. But there will always be a place in this world where I am needed."
“Father, Mother, I don’t blame you for never looking at me. But I can’t get over this.”
“The eldest son has already disregarded the bond of blood ties to this extent. From now on, I will no longer regard him as my elder brother.”
Old Madam Pei hugged Li Qingluo tightly, her heart aching: "Child, Grandma wants you! If they don't want us, then we are still a family! Don't be discouraged, you still have Grandma, don't you?"
Li Chaojing felt uneasy after hearing what Li Qingluo and Madam Pei said.
"Mother, you...oh!"
He turned his head and slapped Li Kechuan across the face.
"You beast! Luo'er is still your own sister. Can't you be a little more considerate and talk to her properly? Why do you have to threaten her?"
"Luckily, she's alright this time. If anything had happened to her, I wouldn't have let you off the hook!"
"Why don't you hurry up and apologize to your sister!"
Li Chaojing's attitude was clear: he wanted to minimize the problem and resolve it peacefully.
Even though Li Qingluo recounted the whole story, and although he felt a little uneasy after listening, he still didn't think it was a big deal.
After all, she came back safe and sound, and she's still alive, isn't she?
Qu thought similarly; she didn't think Li Qingluo's ordeal was a big deal.
The leg wasn't broken, and the tendons in the foot and hand weren't severed either.
Chuan'er must have just wanted to scare her; it was she who made a mountain out of a molehill and that's why things turned out this way!
Chuan'er was definitely just threatening her.
However, an unusual, overwhelming sense of guilt still welled up in Qu's heart.
She turned to look at her son, finally showing a hint of reproach, "Chuan'er, didn't you say you would know your limits and just wanted her to burn some paper money at Zhu'er's grave? Why did it turn out like this?"
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